Subject: This Weekend The Gathering of Eagles
Was A Tremedous Success.

I
was proud to be there with other Eagles.

I
heard later there may have been one "incident," but I didn't see anything even remotely like that.

My
favorite banner: "Stop the War - On Troop Morale"

Lots
of Marines - probably three times as many Marines as all other branches together. But it might just be that Marines
are not bashful - we wear our colors, and they can be seen from a long ways off!

I
guessed there were about 20,000 of us, and about 5,000 anti-war protesters, so your estimate of three times as many and mine
are pretty close. But, that's NOT the way the media is presenting it. No big surprise there!

S
F,

Chris

Abort Our Troops

Did anyone see this "Man of Peace" in the March
17, 2007 Washington DC A.N.S.W.E.R. March?

Congratulations to everyone who made it through the snow and
freezing rain to get to Washington and join together in the tens of thousands and March on the Pentagon!

The protest was led by a contingent of Iraq war veterans, active-duty
service-members, Gold Star families, and veterans from other past and present wars.

CNN featured the demonstration, which the report
described as a march of tens of thousands, in its rotation since yesterday. The major French newspaper, Le Monde, ran a significant
article under the headline, "More than 50,000 People Protest Against the War in Iraq," about the March on the Pentagon as
the U.S. component of the world-wide protests marking the beginning of the fifth year of the war against Iraq. The
rally was broadcast live on C-span and Al-Jazeera and received wide-spread media coverage. [Read more]

THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED AND THEY ARE STAYING.

Although the temperatures were in the 30s and there were some strong winds, Saturday
was one of the warmest days on record for the veterans, current military and their supporters, who attended the
first Gathering of Eagles.

Jack Cunningham

Hanoi Jane aka Jane Fonda was a no show for the anti-war protest.
(I wonder why?)

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What an outstanding day! The Eagles soared!

You should be very proud of your fellow veterans, families, and supporters. There’s so much to tell,
and we encourage you to post your experiences in the comments.

In the meantime, two items of business: 1) we have a gallery open for you to upload your digital photos to
the website. That way you can share your photos with others. See the tab in the top right corner of the site. 2) the first
unofficial estimate of the Eagle turn-out today…

30,000!

That figure may be adjusted upward as more figure are tallied during the week. Fox News reported
today that the anti-war protesters had significantly less than they expected. However, they are erroneously reporting
that the Eagles were there in “equal numbers”. The truth is that we outnumbered them by at
least three to one!

Consider…ANSWER had a year to plan their well-publicized event and were hoping for around
100,000. They actually drew about 5,000-10,000, according to various news reports today. The Gathering of Eagles, on the other
hand, had about six weeks to plan an unprecedented response - and with no advertising, no publicity, no
celebrity or political endorsement, no news coverage, and no big money, we had about 30,000 boots on the ground!

The volunteers poured themselves into this historic event, and all of you who attended gave so
much to be there. I’ll stop here and let your words speak for themselves.

Counter-Demonstrators Number in Thousands

As war protesters marched toward Arlington Memorial Bridge en route to the Pentagon yesterday, they were flanked
by long lines of military veterans and others who stood in solidarity with U.S. troops and the Bush administration's cause
in Iraq. Many booed loudly as the protesters passed, turned their backs to them or yelled, "If you don't like America, get
out!"

Several thousand vets, some of whom came by bus from New Jersey, car caravans from California or flights from
Seattle or Michigan, lined the route from the bridge and down 23rd Street, waving signs such as "War There Or War Here." Their
lines snaked around the corner and down several blocks of Constitution Avenue in what organizers called the largest gathering
of pro-administration counter-demonstrators since the war began four years ago.\

The vets turned both sides of Constitution into a bitter, charged gantlet for the war protesters. "Jihadists!"
some vets screamed. "You're brain-dead!" Others chanted, "Workers World traitors must hang!" -- a reference to the Communist
newspaper. Some broke into "The Star-Spangled Banner" as war protesters sought to hand out pamphlets.

"Bunch of hooligans in motorcycle jackets!" one war protester shot back.

The large turnout surprised even some counter-demonstrators. Polls show public opinion turning against the
war in Iraq, and the November election was widely seen as a repudiation of the administration's policy.

"I've never been to a war rally. I hoped I'd never have to," said Jim Wilson, 62, a Vietnam vet from New Hampshire.
"We're like what they used to call the silent majority."

In some past antiwar rallies, the number of counter-demonstrators has ranged from a handful to a few hundred.
"Our side got apathetic," said Debby Lee, whose son Marc, a Navy SEAL, was killed in Iraq and who came to the rally from Phoenix
in a caravan organized by MoveAmericaForward.org.

But the war protesters have gone too far, Lee and others said. At a Jan. 27 antiwar rally, some protesters
spray-painted the pavement on a Capitol terrace. Others crowned the Lone Sailor statue at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania
Avenue with a pink tiara that had "Women for Peace" written across it.

Word of those incidents ricocheted around the Internet.

"That was the real catalyst, right there," said Navy veteran Larry Bailey. "They showed they were willing
to desecrate something that's sacred to the American soul."

Well before 7 a.m., hundreds of people milled about near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in an effort to, they
said, "occupy the ground" and keep any disrespectful war protesters away.

"This is sacred ground to us," said Rick De Marco, 62, a Vietnam veteran from Cleveland.

K.C. O'Brien, 65, a Vietnam vet from Fairfield, Calif., said: "We believe in freedom of speech. We're here
to defend the right of people to say whatever they want. But we will not allow any desecration."

Within days of the spray-painting, people were using he Web to organize, making it their mission to protect
the monuments, support the troops and accept nothing less than victory in Iraq.

Gathering of Eagles, the group that organized the protest, was so worried about threats to the monuments that
it hired private security to guard the Wall, said Harry Riley, 69, a retired Army colonel from Florida. Other vets patrolled
the area through the night and early morning, he said.

By early morning, the National Park Service had installed two metal detectors and carefully controlled entry
along the path leading to the Wall. Blue-helmeted riot police were stationed along the length of the Wall. For a time, a handful
of vets paraded back and forth with American flags waving in the stiff, cold breeze.

By 2 p.m., with the war protesters across the Potomac River, the metal detectors had come down. The path along
the Wall was quiet as the occasional veteran paused at the name of someone remembered.

Gathering of Eagles warm graves of fallen soldiers:

Miracle in Washington

Yesterday, St. Patrick's Day 2007, a group of ordinary patriots, known nobly as The Gathering of Eagles, achieved
something no one else ever could.

Ragtag by nature, Gathering of Eagles' membership includes the wounded, both walking and in wheelchairs, the gratefully and proudly ageing and the
living-with-the-memory-of-lost- loved ones, brokenhearted. Some lie awake nights worrying about loved ones still in harm's
way, but the one human emotion missing from Gathering of Eagle members is disillusion. All because if there was any chance
the touted anti-war protesters were going to desecrate war memorials, then The Gathering of Eagles members were going to be
there--no matter from how far away they had to come, no matter in what shape March 17 was to find them in.

Is Governor Chris
Christie, good political friend of Mitt Romney, delaying a call for a transparent investigation for fraud and perjury charges
surrounding New Jersey Supreme Court Official Robert Correale and his powerful and influential former law firm, Maynard &
Truland?

Please call Governor Chris Christie's office at 609-292-6000 and state that John "Jack"
Cunningham's allegations deserve a 'honest' New Jersey State investigation.

Please pass this
request for calling Governor Chris Christie to ALL your families and friends 'on and off' the internet. It's about
time, New Jersey's state government faced this Cover-up.

"A
man good enough to shed his blood for his country, is good enough to receive a square
deal afterwards . . ." -- Theodore Roosevelt

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall
be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."

- George Washington

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS

Help give America's PTSD vets a stronger voice.Please join our Facebook
Cause. We have over 16,200 members.PTSD disabled vets should be protected under the Federal Americans with Disabilities
Act?

A state Supreme Court attorney
ethics Vice-Chairman Robert Correale misuses his high level government and court office to Cover-Up and block ethics violations
and legal malpractice charges against his own law firm, Maynard & Truland. After eight years, the Cover-Up leads
all the way up to the Governor's Office, the Attorney General's Office, the state's Supreme Court and Superior Court.

UPDATE: A couple
of years ago, I was the Operations Officer for the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, on the waterfront between the USS ARIZONA
and the USS BOWFIN. The Commandant of the Marine Corps was the featured speaker at the dedication of the USS ARIZONA Marine
Remembrance, 10 November 2006. The National Park Service, which administers the USS ARIZONA Memorial is renovating all of
Halawa Landing, the site of the Marine Remembrance. The Regional Director of the Natl Park Service Western Region, Jon Jarvis,
stated on the local TV news that the Marine Remembrance would be removed. I challenged him on that statement and convinced
him that would not happen without a fight. I passed the word to (disabled vet and webmaster) Jack Cunningham (Americans
Working Together), who in turn asked his readership to email Jarvis that the entire USMC would make every effort to have him
relieved of his duties if he moved that monument. I was copied on many of the emails to him from Marines, their friends and
their families that it nearly fried my computer. And...it worked. In order to save his job, Jarvis backed down. The
Remembrance now belongs to the USMC and has its' rightful place in direct view of the USS ARIZONA.

COLONEL JOHN BATES

Now, Jack Cunningham can use our
help himself, as he fights for his due process against a corrupt law firm and state officials who are protecting them.

I'm writing this request (again) on behalf of Jack Cunningham, a former
active duty Marine and Vietnam veteran. Although I've never actually met him in person, simply the fact that he is a
fellow Marine in need of justice, I offer to help him in any way I can. As you may know, Marines are like that.
Marines take care of Marines.

Although I probably don't know all of the facts pertaining to his case against the State
of New Jersey, I know enough to firmly believe that he should be heard in a public forum. His charges are serious.
There are claims of abuse of power and cover-up at the highest level of the State government. When such accusations
are made, I believe the leadership has no other option than to investigate. Until that is done, all that know of him
and his charges will assume that there is indeed a cover-up. Perception is a powerful thing. Hopefully it won't
be counter to the truth, whatever that may be.

If this is allowed to continue to fester, the results will be devastating
on all involved.

If this issue is not addressed soon, my only other option is to forward this to every Marine
website and public forum I can find. That option is not a good one for any of us.

If America pulls out of Iraq too early, the below headline will be on FOX News almost
daily. However, you will not hear about these massacres from the Liberal News Media. (Just like it
wasn't broadcast, when it happened the first time.)

Jon Corzine wrote the above
in a letter, while he was still a United States Senator.

Disabled Marine CAP veteran John "Jack" Cunningham has been writing to
Governor Jon Corzine for two years now. Although a number of these letters were certified regular mail, Governor Jon
Corzine's staff refuses to respond to the former Marine.

Please help CAP Marine Vet Jack Cunningham
get a response to his letters from Governor Jon Corzine.

Back around 1990 - 91, I picked up writing movie scripts as
a Therapeutic Hobby. My first script, I co-wrote with another Vietnam Veteran, who taught script writing as a profession.
It's about my experiences of living (24/7) in a Vietnamese peasant-farming village in 1970. The script is
copyrighted. If you would like to start reading it, I'm posting it to the following link: http://www.capveterans.com/script_so_alone

What makes the story so interesting is the day-to-day living and
serving of a New York City teenager in a Vietnamese peasant-farming village. Life was interesting to say the least...

CULTURE SHOCK!!

On March 27, 2007, based on the communication strengths of the internet,
an estimated 30,000 patriotic Americans from around the nation, came through an east coast snow and ice storm to stand together
at the War Memorials for World War II, the Korea War and the Vietnam War. These proud American flag-wavers stood,
and still stand together in full support of America's men and women in military uniforms around the world.

Read the American Legion Magazine's article about the March 17, 2007
Gathering of Eagles. (See pictures.)

Please send your comments to comments@whitehouse.gov. Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond
to every message. For further up-to-date information on Presidential initiatives, current events, and topics of interest to
you, please continue to use the White House website.

WHILE YOU ARE ON
THE PHONE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, PLEASE ASK WHY PRESIDENT BUSH's
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) DOES NOT PROTECT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS OF DISABLED VETERANS. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST DUE PROCESS OF DISABLED PTSD VETERANS.Is this how the over 100,000 'new' PTSD disabled veterans will be treated years after the war on terror?Details and EVIDENCE at the link: http://www.americans-working-together.com/attorney_ethics/id50.html

I pray that the New Jersey State Legislature
demands an Investigation outside the Conflict of Interest within New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics, NJ Superior Court and
the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.

SUPPORT YOUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN AMERICA'S MILITARY BY SUPPORTING THEIR RIGHTS WHEN THEY
RETURN.

( WE ALL AGREE, BUMPER STICKERS ON CARS AND TRUCKS ONLY GO
SO FAR... )

The next four pictures were taken during a recent
PEACE MARCH in Portland, Or.

Abort Our
Troops

PRESS
FOR A LARGER COPY

NEVER
AGAIN WILL AMERICA TURN HER BACK ON HER HONORABLE MILITARY AND
VETERANS.

"Never again will one generationof veterans abandon
another."

Tom HolmannVietnam Veterans of AmericaCalifornia State
Council

GATHERING OF EAGLES IS
OPEN TO ALL PATRIOTIC AMERICANS.

The above picture was supplied by Steven Polk. It's at the top of the page, because
this Vietnam Veteran's shirt tells it all...

Amendment 14

3. No person shall be a
Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer
of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support
the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof.

But Congress
may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

"How do you ask a man to be the last man to
die for a mistake?"

John KerryApril 22, 1971

-
At the time of his statements before the United States Congress, newspaper
reporters and cameras, television news reporters and cameras, and Vietnamese Communist Negotiators in Paris, France, John Kerry was still an OFFICER in the United States Navy.

ONLY
23 DAYS BEFORE JOHN KERRY ASKED THE ABOVE QUESTION, THE DUC
DUC VIETNAM (2,000 HOMES) REFUGEE VILLAGE WAS TURNED TO ASH.

There are a lot of Americans who are angry
about the protest against our troops and our memorials in Washington.

This
has nothing to do with politics. It's more about respect and honor for our sister and brother veterans and our
sisters and brothers, who are currently serving honorably in our military...

March 17, 2007 Anti-War Demonstration and March
to the Pentagon to Assemble at theVIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

At the anti-war protest in Washington,
D.C. in January 2007, there was ALOT of damage done at the Capitol steps. We cannot and will not allow this
to happen at The Wall or to any of our memorials.

ANTI-WAR PROTESTORS
ATTACKED VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

They have tried to disgrace the names
of Vietnam War Dead before...

Gathering of Eagles is an act of love by thousands of veterans who choose
to honor the sacrifice of the fallen by guarding the memorials from those who would desecrate them on March 17th in a “peaceful”
anti-war rally in Washington D.C.

It is also a call to action for every American who chooses to stand
and say “No more!” to those who would spit on our veterans and ridicule their service to our nation.

We invite you to join us March 17th, as we stand together as one to ensure
that the sacrifices of our fallen and the memorials that remember them are not tarnished by the ungrateful.

My hometown of Rosedale, Queens had its Vietnam
Veteran Memorial attacked by Anti-War Protesters. In May 1970, while serving in my
peasant-farming village of Phu Da/Duc Duc, I received copies of the below pictures.

(The pictures and their related articles were taken
from the Long Island Press.)

The newest addition to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Plaque also known as the In Memory Plaque. Located in the northeast corner
of the Three Servicemens Statue plaza this plaque honors those service members that died after the war, but as a direct result
of injuries suffered while in Vietnam, but that do not fall within the Department of Defense guidelines. The In Memory Plaque
was dedicated November 10, 2004.